1. ARK Byron Primary Y1 Meet the Teacher
Overview of Meeting
Motto, values and the pledge
The Curriculum
Timetable
Birthdays
Classroom Behaviour
Home Learning
Routines
Uniform
School meals PE
Parent Support

2. Year 1 Class Names – these birds exemplify our school value of excellence (in singing). By using birds as class names we expect to build children’s knowledge and understanding of nature, so developing their respect for the natural world – important for Ark Byron given our future home within the park.
Nightingale
Skylark

3. Our Values:
Exploration
Endeavour
Excellence
Who can remember our academy motto ?

4. Children of Ark Byron Can you complete the lines ??
We are the children of Ark Byron.
We are the children…..
We want roots to help us…..
We want rings inside our……
We want roots to feed our …..
We want wings to set us ……..
By Chris Guard

5. Motto
At ARK Byron Academy our motto is Courage to fly : we want all our children to be confident and keen to learn and to take on new challenges, even in the face of adversity.

6. The Curriculum Spring term Summer term Autumn term Kew Gardens
What is an island – can you survive on an island? Where do the leaves go in the winter?
Kew Gardens
Little Angels Theatre
Spring term
What has changed since your grandparents were young? What was great about the great fire of London?”
V&A Museum of Childhood
Museum of London
Summer term
Why did Captain Cook and Charles Darwin need courage?
Where do the wheels on the bus take us?
Maritime Museum/Cutty Sark
Bekonscot Model Village and Railway

7. Classroom
As a class we decide on our class rules – based upon rights and responsibilities.
We encourage positive behaviour.
Classroom Rules have been agreed – expectations set
Linked to school values and motto
Reward with individual class rewards & certificates of achievement linked to values - weekly assembly
Traffic light system
Exceptional circumstances - being sent out to another class for 10 minutes.
Parents and carers will be kept informed – thank you for your support.
Classroom Promises
Show the sheet

8. Register & call and response
Time
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
8.30 –
Register & call and response
8.45 – 9.45
Phonics
Seacole Swimming
Pankhurst Swimming
9.50 – 10.45
Eng/Maths
10.45 – 11.00
Break (snack)
11.00 – 11.55
11.55 – 12.25
Handwriting
12.25 – 12.30
Ready for lunch
Ready for Lunch
12.30 – 13.30
Lunch
13.30 – 13.45
Calendar Maths
Spanish /MFL
13.45 – 14.30
Drama/Music/Science
Active afternoon (R)
Art (Yr1)
Humanities/MFL
Active afternoon (Yr1)
Art (R)
14.30 – 14.45
Break
Curriculum catch up time/SHOUT OUTS
14.45 – 15.30
PSHE/Music/Science incl cookery
Humanities/PSHE
Assembly
15.30 – 15.45
After School Club
15.45 – 16.00
Learning of the day quiz /SHOUT OUTS
Art (Yr1) / learning of the day quiz /SHOUT OUTS
Learning of the day quiz/SHOUT OUTS
Art (R) / Learning of the day quiz/SHOUT OUTS
16.00 – 17.00
After school club

9. Behaviour and Learning strategies
TTYP
STAR position
No Hands Up (unless for a question)
Signals for e.g. toilet – crossed fingers
Finger on nose for tissue
Add images of children doing signals star position, toilet, tissue.

10. Home Learning
Wednesday - Maths and Home Learning Journals to be brought in
Friday – Home Journals - extended diary entry, Maths, Phonics and Reading books handed out.
Please bring in Phonics folders, Reading books and Reading records on Fridays so these can be changed.
Support your child reading a book - these are changed weekly
Please initial or add a comment in the reading record book.
High frequency words to go out termly.
Home Learning Diary
THERE MAY BE LOSS OF PRIVILEGE /SANCTION FOR REPEAT
OFFENDERS.

11. School Uniform PLEASE ENSURE THIS IS IN SCHOOL AT ALL TIMES!
Boys
Byron blazer, Byron red jumper with trim with school logo, white collared shirt, school tie, charcoal grey trousers/shorts, grey socks, black shoes
Girls
Byron blazer, Byron red cardigan/jumper with trim with school logo, white collared shirt, school tie, charcoal grey pinafore/trousers, white socks or grey tights, black shoes, Byron red or school colour hair accessories PE
Byron red tracksuit with school logo, blue T shirt with logo, red P.E. Shorts white/black plimsolls, white/black socks.
PLEASE ENSURE THIS IS IN SCHOOL AT ALL TIMES!
PLEASE LABEL EVERYTHING !!!

12. PE PE days are Mondays – ARK Active Afternoons
Please make sure that the children’s clothes are labelled.
Children wear PE clothes home on Mondays.

13. Lunch and Snack
Snacks
Fruit is provided by the school but you are more than welcome to bring a healthy snack of fruit or vegetable
Due to allergies, please make sure that snacks provided from home are free from nuts.
Water bottles are not necessary as we always have water available in the classroom and playground.
School lunch
All children are expected to have school lunch and share in our family dining experience (Fridays only and please arrange this via Miss Callnon our Admin assistant).

14. Please no party bags. If you want to bring cupcakes at the end of the day to give out in the playground that is fine.
We do a birthday song/celebration at school
Birthdays

15. Communication You can email me with any queries. Parent Consultations
Newsletter
Class letters
The teacher for Nightingale class is:
And for Skylark class it is:

16. Parent help Attendance – holiday in term time will not be authorised.
Punctuality – learning starts immediately so your child loses out and disrupts the rest of the class.
Term Time Absence
Readers
HT?

17. We hope you and your child have a successful and happy year with us!